IND vs BAN, Champions Trophy 2025: India vs Bangladesh Playing 11 and Toss Report: India to Bowl First; Harshit Rana In, No Rishabh Pant

India will take on Bangladesh in their first group-stage match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Thursday (February 20).

The neighbouring countries are in Group A along with Pakistan and New Zealand. As they take on each other in the Dubai International Stadium, the winners shall boast a significant advantage in the semifinal race.

These two nations locked horns in the Champions Trophy 2017 in the semifinals when India won against the Tigers to qualify for the final.

India vs Bangladesh - CT 2025 Match Details

Match No: 2
Date: Thursday, February 20
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai (UAE)
Captains: Rohit Sharma (IND), Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock, Paul Reiffel, Richard Illingworth (3rd)
Match Referee: David Boon

Champions Trophy 2025: India vs Bangladesh Toss Report

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the Toss and elected to Bat first.

IND vs BAN Playing 11

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Sakib

India vs Bangladesh: Captains' Words

Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh Captain): "We would like to bat first. Looks a good wicket so we want to put runs on the board. We have play good cricket today and the boys are confident. We have a few injuries and we have gone with 3 seamers and two spinners."

Rohit Sharma (India Captain): "I would have fielded first. We have played a few years back here so we felt ball comes on better under lights. All looking good. Everyone is fit and fine to go. Let's hope we start well. There is no looking back, every game becomes very important in this tournament. Only Varun misses out from the last ODI we played, Jadeja comes back and Arshdeep misses and Shami comes back."